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Bela tenuistriata

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Bela tenuistriata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. tenuistriata
Binomial name
Bela tenuistriata
(A. Bell, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma tenuistriata A. Bell, 1871 (original combination)
  • Haedropleura delheidi Vincent, 1890
  • Raphitoma tenuistriata (A. Bell, 1871)
  • Raphitoma tenuistriata var. carinata (Harmer, 1915)
  • Mangelia (Bela) tenuistriata (A. Bell, 1871)

Bela tenuistriata is an extinct species of sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk of the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 15.6 mm, its diameter 5.2 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in the Lower Pliocene strata in East Anglia, Great Britain, and in Belgium

References

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  • Bell, A., 1871. Contributions to the Crag Fauna. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (7), 4: 351-362